diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50082b8de..ae8a564b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.18.0] - 2026-10-18
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - **`sum without (...)` over a range function with `unwrap`, and over `rate` at
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 098168eef..bb143740c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 [![Helm Chart Pulls](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/badges/.github/badges/ghcr-chart-pulls.json)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/pkgs/container/charts%2Floki-vl-proxy)
 [![Source Code](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/badges/.github/badges/loc-code.json)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)
 [![Test Code](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/badges/.github/badges/loc-tests.json)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)
-[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-10738%20passed-brightgreen)](#tests)
-[![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-88.0%25-green)](#tests)
+[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-11242%20passed-brightgreen)](#tests)
+[![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-88.4%25-green)](#tests)
 [![LogQL Compatibility](https://img.shields.io/badge/LogQL%20compatibility-tested-blue)](#logql-compatibility)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)](LICENSE)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/codeql.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/codeql.yaml)
diff --git a/charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml b/charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml
index e1ceb6cea..04a616b45 100644
--- a/charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: loki-vl-proxy
 description: HTTP proxy translating Loki API to VictoriaLogs
 type: application
-version: 2.17.0
-appVersion: "2.17.0"
+version: 2.18.0
+appVersion: "2.18.0"
 home: https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy
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